While worship is the primary purpose of all churches, worship in the small church is distinctive. Whether a house church, a new church plant, a rural church along a country road, or a city church whose neighborhood demographics have shifted ...

Releasing the Power of the Smaller Church provides leaders and volunteers in smaller churches with practical principles and workable ideas for more than a dozen areas of ministry. Each chapter addresses a felt need of smaller churches and is ...

Hear what 26 effective rural congregations have to say about God's activity in and through them. In these stories you can explore the best practices for vital ministry and identify action steps for your own setting. Use Discovering Hope on your ...

The Indispensable Guide for Smaller Churches is filled with solid theology on the one hand and practical applications on the other. Ray shares the best of his discoveries during more than 30 years as pastor, denominational leader, and consultant ...

Over 60 percent of churches have fewer than 75 people in attendance on Sunday. This book contains information on everything from practical business matters to spiritual development. Big churches can learn much here as well.

Create a small, strong congregation that is dedicated to advancing God's mission The twenty-first century is the century of small, strong congregations. More people will be drawn to small, strong congregations than any other kind of congregation ...

Nearly all pastors sent to rural congregations were nurtured in larger urban congregations, and nearly always educated in urbanized seminaries. A wide culture gap between leaders and members often emerges among the church leaders in rural ...